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$47.88 -0.84 (-1.72%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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FR vs. ARE, CUBE, EGP, LXP, PLD, PLYM, REXR, STAG, TRNO, and UDR

Should you be buying First Industrial Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Industrial Realty Trust include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), CubeSmart (CUBE), EastGroup Properties (EGP), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), Prologis (PLD), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Stag Industrial (STAG), Terreno Realty (TRNO), and United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

First Industrial Realty Trust vs. Its Competitors

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) and First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 9 more articles in the media than First Industrial Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 5 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust. First Industrial Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 1.01 indicating that First Industrial Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Industrial Realty Trust
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has higher revenue and earnings than First Industrial Realty Trust. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Industrial Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.02B4.35$322.95M-$0.13-584.69
First Industrial Realty Trust$669.64M9.47$287.55M$2.0523.36

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out -4,061.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 86.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and First Industrial Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 38.70% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of -0.33%. First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity of 9.92% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alexandria Real Estate Equities-0.33% -0.05% -0.03%
First Industrial Realty Trust 38.70%9.92%5.08%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities currently has a consensus target price of $97.17, indicating a potential upside of 27.83%. First Industrial Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $55.91, indicating a potential upside of 16.77%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than First Industrial Realty Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
First Industrial Realty Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

First Industrial Realty Trust beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FR vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Industrial Realty TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.34B$8.32B$11.95B$20.46B
Dividend Yield3.72%6.09%5.67%3.71%
P/E Ratio23.3670.7719.7729.02
Price / Sales9.474.8325.8856.92
Price / Cash13.5517.5521.0722.46
Price / Book2.321.612.094.43
Net Income$287.55M$128.99M$1.00B$993.74M
7 Day Performance-3.97%-4.24%-2.49%-3.40%
1 Month Performance-2.62%-3.74%-1.37%-2.70%
1 Year Performance-11.00%-9.69%540.86%10.16%

First Industrial Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FR
First Industrial Realty Trust
4.4858 of 5 stars
$47.88
-1.7%
$55.91
+16.8%
-11.0%$6.34B$669.64M23.36160Positive News
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.6338 of 5 stars
$79.15
-3.7%
$99.54
+25.8%
-32.9%$13.69B$3.02B-608.85590Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CUBE
CubeSmart
3.8857 of 5 stars
$40.88
-1.3%
$47.20
+15.5%
-18.2%$9.32B$929.08M24.193,104Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
EGP
EastGroup Properties
4.1989 of 5 stars
$161.18
-2.0%
$190.00
+17.9%
-12.8%$8.60B$640.23M34.8190News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
LXP
LXP Industrial Trust
4.6486 of 5 stars
$7.94
-1.6%
$10.50
+32.2%
-22.2%$2.35B$358.46M39.7070News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
PLD
Prologis
4.6797 of 5 stars
$107.17
-2.8%
$120.74
+12.7%
-15.4%$99.45B$8.20B29.042,703Positive News
PLYM
Plymouth Industrial REIT
4.2423 of 5 stars
$15.07
-2.0%
$21.10
+40.0%
-39.7%$686.44M$198.35M4.9440Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
REXR
Rexford Industrial Realty
4.2549 of 5 stars
$36.98
-1.7%
$39.82
+7.7%
-26.9%$8.75B$986.53M27.39220Positive News
STAG
Stag Industrial
4.1047 of 5 stars
$34.75
-2.5%
$39.71
+14.3%
-14.7%$6.49B$767.38M26.1390News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TRNO
Terreno Realty
2.5823 of 5 stars
$55.76
-2.2%
$65.90
+18.2%
-19.6%$5.76B$408.01M28.0240Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.5544 of 5 stars
$39.90
-1.3%
$46.07
+15.5%
-4.7%$13.22B$1.67B114.001,432News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑

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